Registan Ensemble

The town and museum of Afrasiyab.

Afrasiyab is an archaeological memory which informs about the history of Samarkand. The square is 219 hectare of an ancient city. The archaeologists clarified 11 cultural stratums are here. We may distinguish powerful fortresses ruins, ancient defense walls, and channels which were there, actually in the modern places of city. Sh.Toshkhujayev, Y.Gulomov, M.Isomitdinov, B.B.Bartola, and V.L.Vyatkinov investigated excavation regularly in Afrasiyab. The special group of archaeologists was organized in 1958 in Samarkand. According to this, the ancient history and different places information are gathered. The expedition has determined an excavation more than 50 things for 30 years. The archaeological period of Afrasiyab was clarified and also different geographical plan of the city was structured. The architecture, financial and spiritual culture, production, numismatics are gathered and generalized. The most famous patterns are found which belonged to that period. The articles and monographs were published. The Uzbek-France expedition has been working since 1989 in Afrasiyab. Samarkand state museum-the expedition of sanctuary begun working in 2010.They learned it to be built in the late of 8 century and 3-2 B.C. The archaeological founds are kept in Afrasiyab museum of the west side of city. First, Afrasiyab museum opened on 24 October in 1970 as Samarkand museum. The archaeological places, administrative monument relief map was organized in 19 century. Ancient things are put into place in the first hall room of Afrasiyab museum. The first century of historical things are being shown in the second hall. One of the most valuable jug which informed about Samarkand’s 2750 years history. Regarding jug to the late of 8 century and the early of 7 century in B.C Period in history. In addition, the model of large jug, 6-4 century B.C dishes, metal and stone objects are placed there. The market of defense walls, weapons, coins, plates, stone and wood things which belonging to B.C era of 3-6 centuries are placed in the third hall of the museum. All showing objects of Samarkand are setting to show the cultural life in 1-4 CENTURY B.C where situated in the fourth hall of the museum. Objects are depend on fire and ancestor’s spirit. In addition, The picture of wall dancer sculpture, writing of sugd, skin, the stone of balance, iron, bone things are placed here. Exactly in the fifth hall of museum. The central hall is full of wall pictures which concerning to 7 century. One of the most valuable thing is a picture of Ambassadors coming to see Varxuman’s mausoleum.